Gender Differences in Turkish Undergraduate Students' Values

Dirilen-Gumus O., Büyükşahin Sunal A.

Sex Roles, cilt.67, sa.9-10, ss.559-570, 2012 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 67 Sayı: 9-10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11199-012-0197-4
  • Dergi Adı: Sex Roles
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.559-570
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Gender differences, Social values, Turkish culture
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The objectives of the present study were to explore gender differences in Turkish students' values. A total of 231 (125 female, 106 male) undergraduate students from various universities in Ankara (the capital city of Turkey) participated in the study. They were given the Portrait Values Questionnaire along items related to demography. It is predicted that firstly, females would have higher scores on universalism, benevolence and security than males; secondly, males would have higher score on power than females. The results showed that females reported higher levels of hedonism, universalism, benevolence and security than males. The findings were discussed in the light of the relevant literature. The present study can be considered as a contribution to the existing literature on gender-based differences on value priorities by examining a rarely investigated culture-that is, Turkish. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.